Dear John,

Join Health Affairs April 29 for a special lunch and learn virtual event featuring a conversation between consumer advocate, nutritionist, and award-winning author Marion Nestle of New York University and Angela Odoms-Young of Cornell University.

This week, nonprofit Undue Medical Debt purchased $30 billion of unpaid medical debt that would impact close to 20 million people.

For Flashback Friday, let's take a look back at articles and papers that Health Affairs has published on medical debt.

Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off

Tatiane Santos et al. (February 2025)

The Joint Distribution Of High Out-Of-Pocket Burdens, Medical Debt, And Financial Barriers To Needed Care

Didem M. Bernard et al. (November 2023)

For Working-Age Cancer Survivors, Medical Debt And Bankruptcy Create Financial Hardships

Matthew P. Banegas et al. (January 2016)

New Federal Guidance Puts Medical Debt Collectors On Notice

Kinika Young (January 2025)

Biden Administration Proposes Rule To Ban Medical Debt From Credit Reporting

Sheela Ranganathan and Maanasa Kona (August 2024)

The Scope of US Medical Debt w/ Kinika Young

February 2025

Published Today

Where Tariffs and Health Care Meet w/ David Simon

Health Affairs' Jeff Byers welcomes David Simon from The University of Connecticut to the program to discuss the recent news that the Trump administration implemented reciprocal tariffs on imported goods and what this could mean for the health care industry.

State Medicaid Programs Face Decreased Federal Support For Older Adults And Individuals With Disabilities

Dori Reyneri

part of our Medicare And Medicaid Integration series

Rescinding Health-Related Social Needs Guidance Undermines Trump’s Own Economic Goals

Joshua Prasad